FORMER POMBORNEIT RAILWAY STATION

Location

80-70 KOALLAH-POMBORNEIT ROAD POMBORNEIT, CORANGAMITE SHIRE

Level

Heritage Inventory Site

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Former Pomborneit Railway Station site meets the definition of archaeological site under the Heritage Act, as a site that is likely to contain artefacts, deposits or features 75 or more years old, that would provide information relation to the former use of the site, that requires archaeological methods to reveal such information. There are surface features related to former structures at the site including platform mound with drystone retaining wall and remains of a former structure in the centre. There is also evidence that there would potentially be remaining artefacts, indicated by the bottle identified within the northern portion of the drystone wall.
How is it significant?
The site is of local historical and archaeological significance. 
Why is it significant?
The site is of local historical significance as a representation of an early small Victorian railway station, particularly related to the operation of goods transportation.